Sunday July 5, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

President Barack Obama received a telegram from President Bashar Assad of Syria on Friday July 3rd.
It was a celebratory telegram wishing Obama a happy Independence Day.

A copy of the text was published in the Syrian press on Friday.
The text of this telegram was completely out of character with the characterizations of the United States usually printed in Syrian national newspapers.

Assad not only wished the president of the United States a happy holiday but lathered on serious compliments that are most out of character for the for Syrian President. Assad went so far as to refer to Obama as a president who has the values the world needs today.

Assad is playing a very new and different game.
It is a very positive game and a very unpredictable one.
It is easier to predict what Syria will do when Syria always says "no" and every so often means "yes."
It is much harder to predict Syria when the say "yes" and really mean "no."

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